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HINCHCLIFF, John William
1876 - 1937 (61 years) Has 11 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
1842 - 1880 (38 years)-
Name HINCHCLIFF, John William Birth 1876 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA 
Gender Male Death 12 Sep 1937 Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA Person ID I1278 Edgoose Last Modified 3 Feb 2026
Father HINCHCLIFF, David, b. 5 Jun 1837, Holmfirth, Yorkshire, England d. 9 Feb 1904 (Age 66 years) Mother Alice EDGOOSE, b. 17 Mar 1842, Swineshead, Lincolnshire, England d. 12 Sep 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 38 years) Marriage 29 Dec 1867 Church of St. Matthew, Sheffield, Yorkshire Family ID F446 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family DWYER, Anna Marie, b. 4 Jun 1877, Ireland d. Between 1930 and 1937 (Age 52 years) Marriage 21 Oct 1903 Butler County, Ohio, USA Children 1. HINCHCLIFF, Alice Marie, b. Between 1906 and 1907, Mississippi, USA d. Aft 1940 (Age > 35 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F788 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JOHN WILLIAM HINCHCLIFF 1876-1937
According to the 1880 Census of the USA, John W. HINCHCLIFF was born in Illinois in 1877.
(source: pwood@pac.com.au 6.2.2003)
His death certificate records his date of birth as 18 December 1876.
The 1880 U.S. Federal Census lists the following in Cook County, Chicago:
David HINCHCLIFF, aged 43, labourer;
Alice HINCHCLIFF, aged 37, wife, keeping house, ill with chills and fever;
David HINCHCLIFF, aged 9, son, at school;
Alfred HINCHCLIFF, aged 8, son, at school;
Mary E. HINCHCLIFF, aged 5, daughter;
*John HINCHCLIFF, aged 3, son, born Illinois.
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The 1885 Iowa State Census of Richland Township, Dickinson County:
Edward N. MARSH, aged 40;
Emily J. MARSH, aged 40;
Hattie A. JOHNSON, aged 13;
Alfred J. HINCHCLIFF, aged 12;
*John W. HINCHCLIFF, aged 8.
John William HINCHCLIFF, aged 27 years on 18 December 1903, Chicago born son of David HINCHCLIFF, residing at Jackson, Mississippi, married Anna Marie DWYER, aged 26 years on 4 June 1903, residing at Middleton, Butler County, Ohio, at Butler County, Ohio, on 21 October 1903. John William HINCHCLIFF was a mechanical engineer and Anna Marie DWYER was a sales lady.
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Their daughter Alice Marie HINCHCLIFF was born in Mississippi in 1906 or 1907.
The 1910 US Federal Census of 2-Wd Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi:
*John W. HINCHCLIFF, head, aged 33, married 6 years, electrical engineer, born Illinois of English born parents;
Anna Marie HINCHCLIFF, wife, aged 32, married 6 years, one child (living), born in Ireland of Irish born parents;
Alice Marie HINCHCLIFF, daughter, aged 3, born in Mississippi of Illinois and Ohio born parents.
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From the 1920 US Federal Census of North Calvert Street, Baltimore, Maryland,
*John W. HINCHCLIFFE (sic), head, aged 42, born in Illinois, Captain, US Army;
Anna M. HINCHCLIFFE (sic), wife, aged 39, naturalised, mother tongue Irish, born in Ireland;
Alice M. HINCHCLIFFE (sic), daughter, aged 12, born in Mississippi.
From the 1930 census of Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA:
*John W. HINCHCLIFF, head, aged 53, Rented house valued at $7000, born in Illinois of English born parents, accountant, veterans' bureau;
Anna M. HINCHCLIFF, wife, aged 52, born in Ohio of Northern Ireland born parents.
Alice M. HINCHCLIFF, daughter, aged 22, born in Mississippi, stenographer, veterans' pool.
His wife may have died before him. His death certificate gives the name of his daughter as next of kin.
Name: HINCHCLIFF, John W. Serial No. Officer
Home Address: 117 First Ave. Jackson, Miss.
Next of Kin: Alice HINCHCLIFF, Jackson, Miss. (d)
Born 12-18-1876 at Chicago, Ill
Date of Death 12-9-1937 Cause Broncho-pneumonia Place of Death LittleRock, Arkansas
Buried At Lakewood Cemetery, Jackson, Miss. County Hinds
Grave No. Lot No. 153 Block Section 4
War Record Ordnance Dept. Special duty-5th French army
Enlisted 2-2-18 Discharged 5-26-20
Information Given By a, b, c, d, e, f, (newspaper)
Remarks Overseas 4-26-18 to 7-29-19
Headstone Pvt. [= Private] Legion Marker Placed on slab
over [this may been over the page, but there is no second photocopy]
NOTES & QUERIES:
An Alice Marie HINCHCLIFF is listed at First Avenue, Jackson City, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA [see above], in the 1940 US Federal Census. She stated that she lived in the same house in 1935. She was 33 years old, born in Mississippi, and a typist at Veterans Administration.
Other people named John W. HINCHCLIFF died in the USA in 1945 and 1963.
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(revised 28.09.2017)